US releases top Cuba spy Ana Belén Montes after 20 years in prison
GuardianAUG 2022
Montes hates the US, and provided information to the communist Cuban regime that directly led to the deaths of US agents and soldiers abroad. As Pres. Joe Biden continues the Obama-era policy of easing sanctions on Cuba, anti-American groups that seek to undermine the US will be emboldened by Montes’ release.
As an American of Puerto Rican descent, Montes understands the harm US foreign policy has had on small Caribbean islands like Cuba, and she simply wanted to sway US policy toward being more compassionate. Montes was a prisoner of conscience, not the "deadly" spy the government made her out to be. Given the recent shift in US-Cuba relations, she deserves this early release.